Car-truck brake-support.



H. M. PFLAGEH.

CARTRUCYK'BHAKE SUPPORT. APPLICATION man JAN. 5. ma

.PELmIimdSGpR 24-, 1918.

H. M. PFLAGER.

cm TRUCKBRAK'E SUPPORT. APPUICATION man JAN. 5. 19m.

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Patent d ept- 24.1918. 7

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEfi HARRY M. PFLAGER, OF ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 'ro gig i .i

COMPANY, OF S'f. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW CAR-TRUCK BRAKE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ifli iiatttifi 19(1 To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, I'IARRY M. PFLAGER, a citizen of the United States, residing'ail 'the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use tin: sauna reference being had to the ac onn'ianying drawings, forming part of this sjlccitication.

My lllYt'llllUll relates to car trucks and particulrrrly d1 nr-d as an improvement upon the cmistrlution disclosed in. Reissue Patent X0. H,2 1l granted to me Xovember 2B, 1916, the principal object of my present invention being to provide strong and snbstantial supports from which the hangers and safety chains for the outside hung brake beams are suspended, said supports being preferably formed integral with and projecting inwardly from the trucl: side frames at points near the ends thereof.

W'ith the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement. of parts ln'ereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan View of the side porti n of a truck of my improved construction;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational View of the truck;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of the side portion of the truck;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section taken approximately on the line 4-'l of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section taken approximately on the line of Fig. 3.

Referring by numerals to the accompany ing drawings, which illustrate a practical embodiment of myinvention, 10 designates one of the side frames or wheel pieces, the same being preferably cast and provided at its center with a spring seat 11. The underside of the side frame 10 is recessed, as designated by 12. to receive the usual journal boxes 13, and the ends of the side frame are extended asubstantial distance beyond the journal box openings, as designated by 14. Formed integral with these ext-enslons and projecting inwardly therefrom are comparatively short arms or brackets 15, the inner Car-'lruck Brake-Supports,

ends of which terminate in substantially the same plane with the flanges of the adjacent pair of truck wheels. These arms or brackcts are substantially of inverted U-shape in cross section, and formed inte ral with each arm or bracket and on the un erside thereof is a pair of vertically disposed webs or plates 1t and 1.7. the same being spaced a slight d stance apart. Seated in the central portions of these webs are bushing rings 18, the same serving as bearings for a pin 19, the latter serving as attaching unit-ans for the upper end of the brake l'latiger .20. The brake hanger supporting pins 19 project in wardlv through the webs 10 and 17 with respect to the side frame, and inserted through suitably formed apertures in the inner ends of said pins are keys or cotter pins. Formed integral with web 17 which is at the end of the arm or bracket is a depending ear 21, the same being perforated in order to receive a hook at the upper end of the brake beam safety chain Thus the inner end of the arm or bracket 15 is provided with means serving as points of attat-hnient for the upper ends of the hanger and safety chain for an outside hung brake beam, and as said arm or bracket is formed integral with the end of the truck side frame, it serves as a very strong, 'ri ldktllkd substantial support for the attache parts.

The improved construction comtemplated by my invention is comparatively simple adds little or no cost to the manufacture of the truck, and provides a strong, substantial and efficient support for the upper ends of the hangers and safety chains for outside hung brake beams.

It will be-readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction nnproved car of the various parts of my truck may be made and substitutedfor those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit. of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a car truck, a side frame provided with inwardly projecting port-ions near its ends, spaced webs integral with said inwardly projecting portions, pins removably seated in said spaced webs and serving as points of attacl'nnent for the brake beam hangers, and one web of each pair being provided with an extension which serves asap safety 2. 6 with inwardly projeetin removabl infiortlons and serving as points 0 tac oint of attachment for the brake beam chain. Y

n' a. car-truck, a side frame provided seated in saii inwardly p'ro'ectent for the upper ends of brake beam portions, members' hangers, and. perforated ears on said inwar 1y projecting portions, which perfo- 1(] rated ears are adapted to serve aspoints as attachment for the brake beam safety chains,

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature, this 27th day of December, 1917 HARRY MQPFLAGER. 

